…10/11-09: the best of man & nature

44º in ABQ; 70% humidity at 6A…an automated wind update; strong early AM winds; Brad made Bread Pudding; higher attendance expected at Balloon Fiesta, but all AM events were cancelled, due to the high winds on the field; seven inmates have escaped from Las Cruces prisons, three remain on the loose; nine year old Aztec boy accidentally hanged himself while playing with a hoist; this year, Balloon Fiesta crime was down; we can move around the kitchen even when the refrigerator door is open; was Stargate: Universe filmed at White Sands, NM?; San Juan CNTY father shot his son in the chest during a domestic dispute; Santa Ana Star CTR still losing money; PM fog in E NM; oil & gas drillings across NM are at 30% capacity;Edgar Allen Poe finally gets a proper burial in Baltimore; seventy year old man robs a bank, using an oxygen mask as a disguise; wet, heavy snow across the Great Plains, I-25 pileup in CO; why is it that people with pulmonary illnesses are the ones who smoke?; gays march on DC today; one adult killed in ID bus accident; FL man accidentally shot his fiancée, during what he thought was a home invasion, she arrived at his house at 3A; conservatives are angry at Pepsi for supporting equal rights for Gays; sixty people were in the AZ sweat lodge, was there poor ventilation?; a sad day in New England: the Red Sox lost in the ninth inning, & the Patriots were defeated during O/T; there have been many TV shows during the past fifty years that have been cancelled after only several [or one] episode; corporate identity = brand names; Pittsburgh & Dallas won; FL woman leads police on high-speed chase before stopped by spike strips, child was traveling with her;

Pope bestows sainthood on five people; Thunderbirds do their flying tricks in Thailand; the 2010 Trance Energy will be held on 4/2/10; sixteen year old Australian girl wants to be the youngest person to sail around the world, traveling 23K nautical miles; year old Australian; US team advances in the World Cup championship; African climate changes could lead to war; fake airline is really prostitution ring; the founder of Cirque du Soleil returns from his outer space vacation; hostage situation being resolved in PAK; are we misinterpreting the Mayan calendar, saying doomsday will arrive on 12/21/12?; I guess time will tell;